Android Loses 8% of Its Global OS Market Share in Five Years

 

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StockApps.com has provided data showing Android’s global dominance of the OS space has been ebbing gradually. Its worldwide market share in January 2022 stood at 69.74%.

In contrast, the OS commanded a market share of 77.32%, its highest ever, in July 2018. Thus it has ceded 7.58% of its holding in the last five years.

Why is Android’s market share declining?

So what’s behind this even erosion of Android’s command of the OS Market? StockApps’ finance expert Edith Reads has been tracking the trends in the sector. She attributes Android losing its ground to increased competition within the space.

Here’s her weighing in on the situation. “Android’s loss of market share boils down to heightened competition within the OS space. A look at the data shows that iOS gained 6% between July 2018 and January 2022. From 19.4% then, Apple has grown its OS market share to 25.49%. Other small scale OS developers account for the remaining 1.58% that Google shed.”

OS dominance and geography

Available data shows that the OS’ dominance is geographic. For instance, 84% of all smartphones in Africa are android-based. iOS accounts for roughly 14% of the continent’s devices, while Samsung, Nokia, and KaiOS share the remaining two percent or so.

A similar situation obtains in Europe, where Android OS has a market share of 69.32%. iOS registers better prospects here than in Africa, as it runs 30% of all the phones here. Again Samsung, Nokia and other developers have to contend with a miserly 1% of the market.

Asian and South Americans have android dominating at 81 and 90 percent. iOS’ share here is 18% in Asia and 10% in South America. It’s, however, a close-fought battle between the two in N.America and Oceania. Whereas iOS commands 54% of the market in both regions, Android takes nearly 45%.

The full story and statistics can be found here: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years

 

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